Trische Duckworth, director of Survivors Speak, presented her proposal for a Civic Duty Education Day in Belleville sometime this spring. This was at the regular meeting of the Belleville Downtown[…]
“The Belleville Three,” a group of three Belleville High School students who are credited with inventing Detroit Techno music, will return to town for a May 22 performance at the[…]
Sumpter public safety director and police chief Eric Luke sent the following email message on March 26. “I’m reaching out to correct information reported in the Independent’s March 26 story[…]
At its regular meeting on March 12, the Keystone Academy Board of Directors approved spending money for gift cards and a food truck to honor up to 70 employees at[…]
Dusty and Karla Pearse, along with proud grandparents Sonny and Rosie Hall, announce the marriage of their daughter/granddaughter Tianna Pearse to Gregory Smith. Tianna and Greg were united in marriage[…]
Dell and Janet Deaton brought their therapy dog Jasper to the March 16 meeting of the Belleville City Council at its new city hall at 330 Charles St. They introduced[…]
The following students were honored by the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education’s March 23 meeting for excelling in the K-12 music program this school year. They are Griffin[…]
A railroad crossing in Van Buren Township was closed off to traffic Monday morning, March 23, due to a crash involving a train and a pickup truck. The crash happened[…]
At a half-hour special meeting on Thursday, March 26, John Thiede, who is retiring as a full-time captain from the Romulus Fire Department, was unanimously approved at the city’s new[…]
At its regular meeting on Feb. 18, the Belleville Downtown Development Authority met with a bare quorum of five and approved funding requests from the Belleville Central Business Community and[…]